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Committee amends and advances bill to keep North Dakota on permanent standard time
Summary
Lawmakers amended and gave a do‑pass recommendation to House Bill 1259 to keep the state on standard time year‑round rather than switching for Daylight Saving Time; the committee adopted a technical amendment and passed the bill as amended.
Representative Roger Mackey, R.-District 26 (Watford City), opened a hearing on House Bill 1259 by detailing the Uniform Time Act background and saying the bill would keep North Dakota on standard time year‑round, avoiding the twice‑yearly clock change. "Congress and and, secretary of, transportation are the only ones that can change the boundaries of the daylight savings time," Mackey noted in testimony about who controls time‑zone…
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